Thanksgiving
Break Slows Domain Buying A Bit But For Many It Was Business As
Usual

by Ron Jackson

The Thanskgiving holiday essentially
cut the work week in half in the United States last week.
With most Americans spending Thursday through Sunday focused on
family events, a domain sales slowdown was a certainty, but business
wound up being better than we expected. While there were no
blockbuster deals this week, there were eight solid five-figure
sales led by #1 RapidRefund.com which went for $52,945
at Moniker.com/DomainSystems.com.
We also saw the second highest .biz sale ever reported with Car.biz
changing hands for €11,900 ($14,027) atSedo.com.

Last week we noted an unusually broad range of extensions in our Top
Ten and that trend continued again this week with four country
code domains (from four different countries) and that .bizsharing
the Big Board with five .coms. The other big storyline this
week was an overwhelming dominance of the chart by one venue. That
was Sedo.com who took 8 of the 10 slots on our new list. Sedo's
charge was led by a high traffic typo, #2 Mypsace.com (2,976
with the extension in Overture)
which went for $35,100.

Sedo also accounted for all of those charted ccTLD sales,
a quartet that included #3 DebtConsolidation.co.uk at £14,000
($24,071), #5 XXX.at (Austrian country code) at
€12,000 ($14,145), #9 BriefStation.de (German ccTLD) at
€8,000 ($9,430) and #10 PerfectMatch.ca (Canadian
country code) at $8,700.

Afternic.com
was the only venue besides Moniker.com to break Sedo's stranglehold
on our leader board. They scored with #8 FreeAgent.com at $10,100.
Sedo also took half of the positions on our New TLD chart
where .info turned in a strong showing by claiming six of the
eight entries. We'll talk more about that in our new extension
section a little later on. We also have dozens of other sales in the
mainstream extensions to tell you about, but first let's take a look
at the complete Top Ten for the week ending
November 27:

Keep in mind that these are the highest value
sales that have been reported to us in the past week.
This column is meant to be an educational tool, not a
complete list documenting ALL high value domain sales.
Such a list is impossible to produce because many sales are
kept private at the insistence of buyers, sellers or
both.

In addition to the domains we already discussed, Sedo
sold #4 BingoGame.com ($18,000) and #7 ForeverFriends.com
(£8,000 = $13,753) to come the closest any venue has ever come to
sweeping the entire chart.

SnapNames.com
also had a very strong week, led by a a group of domains that finished
just off the chart. AutoTrading.com and TamilRingtones.com
dialed up $8,600 each, WebPerformance.com redlined at $8,200
and Biletler.com landed $8,000. PublicLibrary.net
booked $7,300, PhotoFactory.com focused on $7,000
and MiniKlip.com got a $6,600 cut. ByeBye.com
said hello to $6,400, LinenAndThings.com toweled off $6,313
and CarrierBuilders.com (424 with the extension in
Overture) brought $5,655.

The SnapNames roster also included DebtReliefUSA.com at
$5,600, HondaFinacialServices.com (typo) at $4,777
and BelugaCaviar.com at $4,511. SpiritualGrowth.com
sprouted $4,488, NationalWeatherChannel.com forecast $4,000
and BuyMP3.com kicked in $3,655. Snap had another 29
sales ranging from $2,000-$3,600:

Additional SnapNames Sales
from $2,000-$3,600

Reflectoporn.com

$3,600

EyeWeb.com

$2,607

Grenadine.com

$3,519

Geicho.com

$2,502

WrongfulDeathLawsuit.com

$3,434

xLoan.com

$2,500

Depilation.com

$3,430

InjuryLawFirms.com

$2,494

DisplayBooth.com

$3,211

BackToTheBasics.com

$2,372

HalloweenCostoms.com

$3,100

BridalShowerGiftIdeas.com

$2,338

ComBank.com

$3,100

HavingAnAffair.com

$2,272

FreeMousepads.com

$3,088

AWZ.com

$2,272

Cristallo.com

$2,978

Minicilip.com

$2,259

Prompter.com

$2,856

TahoeProperty.com

$2,200

RZB.com

$2,766

PokerRoomCasino.com

$2,150

OilAnalytics.org

$2,700

ACF-FR.org

$2,145

ComputerTrainingCenter.com

$2,700

TradingStandards.net

$2,050

CatCollars.com

$2,700

GlobalPost.com

$2,050

MyLoanNewCentury.com

$2,655

In addition to having the week's top sale, Moniker/DomainSystems
added $8,000 for OptimumRealEstate.com. Moniker CEO Monte
Cahn told us they also sold a portfolio of 30 adult domains for $172,475
that included Vibrator.com among others.

Enom's Club
Drop attracted $7,100 with SouthernCharm.com,
hit a $4,200 jackpot with CasinoCard.com and tuned in $3,200
with SexPartyTV.com.

Back at Afternic.com, ChristmasCatalog.com
unwrapped $5,500, Outcall.com called in $4,000
and a trio that included No-Dairy.com, Meatrix.com and PokerInvest.com
raked in $2,500 each. PortraitPhotographers.com snapped $2,300
while NDSports.com and Actela.com kicked in $2,000
each.

Sedo also had some odds and ends in their sales bin. Medoc.com
delivered €5,075 ($5,982), 0311.com commanded $3,750,
GUI.net notched $3,500 and ProjectYou.com pitched
in $3,000.

****

Our Year To Date Top 60Chart currently
has a $60,000 entry fee, so there were no newcomersthis
week though RapidRefund.com came close.
Here is a look at the complete 2005 YTD leader board through Nov.
27:

Domain Name Journal's Year-To-Date Top SalesHighest Reported 2005 Domain Sales through Sun. Nov. 27 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to
$) Based on Rates in Effect When Sales Were
Originally Reported by DNJ(Domains entering the
chart this week are highlighted in green)

Domain

Sold
For

Where Sold

Date*

1.

Fish.com

$1,020,000

Afternic

11/15/05

2.
tie

Website.com

$750,000

Sedo

7/26/05

2.
tie

Property.com

$750,000

Pvt Sale

8/9/05

4.

Refinance.com

$706,850

Moniker / DomainSystems

11/8/05

5.

Local.com

$700,000

Pvt
Sale

3/8/05

6.

VIP.com

$600,000 (+ 400K in stock now & 400K in
additional stock in 1 year)

Pvt Sale

9/27/05

7.

Chat.de

€360,000
= $470,848

Sedo

1/18/05

8.

WhatIsMyIP.com

$386,100

Ebay

7/26/05**

9.

ShoppingCart.com

$285,000

Moniker / DomainSystems

8/9/05

10.

Bird.com

$200,000

Afternic

11/15/05

11.

Consulting.com

$181,000

Moniker / T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
East

11/8/05

12.

Uruguay.com

$175,000

Sedo

7/12/05

13.

Bogota.com

$159,500

SnapNames

11/22/05

14.
tie

King.com

$155,000

Sedo

10/11/05

14.
tie

Porker.com

$155,000

Sedo

5/31/05

16.
tie

News.net

$150,000

Sedo

9/13/05

16.
tie

Vuelos.com("flights" in Spanish")

$150,000

Pvt Sale

8/16/05

16.tie

Paraguay.com

$150,000

Pvt
Sale

6/21/05

16.tie

CheapGas.com

$150,000

Pvt
Sale

6/21/05

16.tie

GED.com

$150,000

Sedo

1/18/05

16.tie

GospelMusic.com

$150,000

GreatDomains

3/22/05

16.
tie

Mathematics.com

$150,000

Sedo

11/15/05

23.

MyPremierCard.com

$135,250

SnapNames

11/15/05

24.

Photographer.com

$133,000

Pvt Sale

8/23/05

25.

Bachelor.com*(sale included Bachelor.net and Bachelor.org)

$125,000*

Moniker / T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East

11/1/05

26.

Dominio.com("domain" in Spanish)

$120,000

Pvt Sale

9/6/05

27.

Voyuer.com

$112,100

SnapNames

2/1/05

28.

PartnerCash.com

$110,000

Sedo

7/19/05

29.

Innovations.com

$108,000

Pool

5/24/05

30.

Erickson.com

$101,200

Moniker / DomainSystems

11/8/05

31.
tie

Lofts.com

$100,000

Pvt Sale

9/20/05

31.
tie

EQ.com

$100,000

Afternic

9/6/05

31.
tie

Mueller.com

$100,000

Sedo

9/6/05

31.
tie

Lunch.com

$100,000

Pvt
Sale

7/26/05

35.

OLT.com

$93,000

Sedo

5/3/05

36.

123World.com

$85,000

Sedo

11/1/05

37.
tie

Publicidad.com

$80,000

Sedo

11/8/05

37.
tie

Medicine.org

$80,000

Moniker / DomainSystems

11/8/05

37.
tie

NetPoker.com

$80,000

Pvt
Sale

6/7/05

40.

NetCash.com

$75,800

Moniker /
DomainSystems

11/8/05

41.
tie

Hanover.com

$75,000

Sedo

9/6/05

41.tie

GLU.com

$75,000

Sedo

5/31/05

41.tie

PetSupplies.com

$75,000

Afternic

4/5/05

44.

Car.de

€58,000 = $72,296

Sedo

9/6/05

45.

Empleo.com("jobs" in Spanish)

$70,000

Pvt
Sale

6/21/05

46.tie

Downlaod.com

$68,000

Pvt
Sale

3/1/05

46.tie

Donwload.com

$68,000

Pvt
Sale

3/1/05

46.tie

Dawnload.com

$68,000

Pvt
Sale

3/1/05

49.

Lottery.org

$66,667

Sedo

3/22/05

50.

VideosGratis.com

$66,204

NameDrive

10/18/05

51.

Annonces.com("Classifieds in French)

€55,000 = $65,554

Sedo

10/4/05

52.

Travel.tv

$65,000

GreatDomains

9/6/05

53.

Fights.com

$62,000

Pvt
Sale

7/12/05

54.

Medikamente.de("drugs" in German)

€50,000 = $61,747

Sedo

8/16/05

55.

FreeCellPhone.com

€50,000 =
$61,419

Sedo

6/7/05

56.

PhoneFree.com

$61,361

SnapNames

9/13/05

57.

GolfResorts.com

$60,800

Moniker
/DomainSystems

6/14/05

58.

YO.com

$60,000

Pvt Sale

10/4/05

59.
tie

eBaby.com

$60,000

Sedo

9/27/05

59.
tie

Line.com

$60,000

KuwaitNET

9/6/05

*Date column (month/day/year) shows date the
sale was published in DNJournal.
**In our
3/8/05 report, we noted an Ebay auction of WhatIsMyIP.com had
ended at $386,100, however we could not verify that the sale
was legitimate until our 7/26/05 report.

After posting the three highest .biz
sales ever reported last week, that extension could be found
basking in the limelight again this week with two of the top three
domains on our New TLD chart. The headliner this time out was Car.biz,
a domain that replaces Cards.biz as the second highest .biz
sale reported to date after going for €11,900 ($14,027) at
Sedo (the highest .biz sale ever reported was Meningitis.biz
at $15,000 just a week ago). .Biz also claimed
the #3 slot with a German IDN domain, Holzhäuser.biz
at €1,500 ($1,768). Holzhäuser translates to "wood
houses" in English.

While .biz continued to rack up the
higher valued sales, .info was busy booking the largest number
of deals. That extension swept all six of the remaining positions on
our new list and three of those sales hit four figures, led by #2 Costumes.info
at €2,625 ($3,094). Sedo posted that sale which gave them a
sweep of the top 3 spots and half of the overall positions on our new
extension leader board. SnapNames had a pair of entries
including #4 Wifi.info at $1,400.

A trio of three-letter .infos graced
this week's list. Two of those were domains I sold privately,
including #5 WGA.info at $1,250 and #7 RPT.info
at $900. Here is a look at the complete New TLD leader board for the week ending
Nov. 27:

As you can see above, Sedo completed their quartet of
charted domains with a second German IDN name, #6 Briefkästen.info
("mailbox" in German) at€800 ($943). SnapNames
got the second half of their Daily Double with #8 ANT.info at
$525. Afternic reported three sales that finished just off the
chart. PKR.us and Jurist.biz went for $500 eachwhile DVDWorld.biz banked $475.

Car.biz drives onto our Year-To-DateNew TLDTop 50 chart this week after that $14,027
sale at Sedo. The domain parks at #7 and accounts for one of the two
.biz sales ranked among the year's ten biggest deals. .US
continues to hold the most high dollar sales with five while .info has
three of the first ten. Here are
2005's highest reported new extension sales through Nov. 27:

Domain Name Journal's Year-To-Date Top 50 New TLD SalesHighest Reported 2005 .info, .biz &
.us Domain Sales through Nov. 27 Euro
to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) Based on Rates in
Effect When Sales Were Originally Reported by
DNJ(Domains entering the chart this week are
highlighted in green)

Domain

Sold
For

Where Sold

Date**

1.

VOIP.us

$25,000

AllNetServices

5/24/05

2.

Best.info

£12,000 =
$20,880

Sedo

7/19/05

3.

Foods.us

$20,000

Sedo

10/4/05

4.

Industry.us

$17,000

Pvt Sale

3/15/05

5.
tie

Meningitis.us

$15,000

Pvt Sale

11/22/05

5.
tie

Meningitis.biz

$15,000

Pvt Sale

11/22/05

7.

Car.biz

€11,900 = $14,027

Sedo

11/29/05

8.

Musical.info

€10,440 =
$13,936

Sedo

3/8/05

9.

SantaClaus.info

€10,500
= $12,307

Sedo

11/15/05

10.

CellPhones.us

$12,250

Moniker/DomainsSystems

1/4/05

11.

Cards.biz

$11,750

Sedo

11/22/05

12.

GourmetFoods.us

$10,750

Sedo

10/11/05

13.

Find.biz

€9,000 = $10,630

Sedo

11/22/05

14.
tie

OrganicFoods.us

$10,000

Sedo

10/11/05

14.
tie

WholeFoods.us

$10,000

Sedo

10/18/05

16.

Auto.biz

€6,000 = $7,966

Sedo

1/4/05

17.

Maschinenbau.info("building
engines" in German)

€5,950 =
$7,772

Sedo

4/19/05

18.

Connect.us

$7,500

Sedo

4/5/05

19.

BES.biz

€5,500 =
$7,139

Sedo

4/26/05

20.

Wetten.info("bet" in German)

€5,750
= $6,895

Pvt Sale

10/11/05

21.

Offshore.biz

€5,500 = $6,500

Sedo

11/22/05

22.

TravelNet.info

€5,000
= $6,231

Sedo

9/6/05

23.

Leather.info

€5,000
= $5,861

Sedo

11/15/05

24.

Dad.info

$5,556

Sedo

11/1/05

25.

Chinese.info

$5,500

Pvt Sale

11/22/05

26.

Safe.biz

€4,000 =
$5,189

Sedo

1/25/04

27.
tie

Manhattan.biz

$5,000

Afternic

8/9/05

27.tie

AMA.us

$5,000

Afternic

4/26/05

27.tie

Broker.info

$5,000

Sedo

5/31/05

30.

WhitePages.biz

$4,995

Afternic

7/5/05

31.

Golfreisen.info("golf travel" in German)

€4,000
= $4,906

Sedo

9/13/05

32.

Marketing.biz

€3,900 =
$4,748

Sedo

6/21/05

33.

Adventure.info

£2,500 =
$4,708

Sedo

5/10/05

34.

Pauschalreisen.info("package tours"
in German)

€3,500 =
$4,507

Sedo

5/10/05

35.
tie

GourmetFood.us

$4,500

Pvt Sale

10/25/05

35.
tie

OrganicFood.us

$4,500

Pvt Sale

10/25/05

35.
tie

MyHouse.biz

$4,500

Pvt Sale

6/28/05

38.

Physician.info

$4,150

Pvt Sale

1/18/05

39.

Honolulu.us

$4,000

Pvt Sale

7/19/05

40.

Degrees.info

$3,800

Pvt
Sale

8/16/05

41.

ChurchOfChrist.info

$3,750

Pvt
Sale

10/4/05

42.

Piercing.us

€3,000
= $3,680

Sedo

9/13/05

43.

Pauschalreise.info("package tour"
in German)

€2,800 =
$3,606

Sedo

5/10/05

44.

GEP.info

€3,000 =
$3,576

Sedo

7/5/05

45.

Attest.info

€2,700 =
$3,559

Sedo

3/1/05

46.
tie

Suez.info

$3,500

Afternic

11/1/05

46.
tie

Forum.us

$3,500

GreatDomains

3/8/05

46.
tie

New-York.info

$3,500

Sedo

5/10/05

49.

Science.info

$3,272

Ebay

5/3/05

50.
tie

Geschichte.info*("stories" in
German)

€2,500 =
$3,266

Sedo

4/19/05

50.
tie

Nostrum.info*

€2,500 =
$3,261

Sedo

2/1/05

50.
tie

Musicals.us*

€2,550 =
$3,255

Sedo

2/8/05

*Last 3 domains all
sold for €2,500 but due to different exchange rates at the
time of sale the $ value varied slightly.

**Date column shows the date (month/day/year) the
sale was published in DNJournal.

As always, we welcome all verifiable sales reports from companies,
private sellers or individuals with knowledge of an important sale
made through any channel. To contribute information and help make
this column better, just drop a note to editor@dnjournal.com.

We truly appreciate the industry leading
companies represented on our charts who share their sales information
with us to help everyone in the business get a handle on current
domain values. Individuals like Richard
Meyer of the American Marketing Corporation also provide invaluable help by sending us data for these sales
reports each week.

Every Tuesday we publish the highest reported domain name
sales for the previous week. On Monday our contributors send us
their sales data for the previous 7 days. We then compile that
information and write this report for Tuesday publication to give
you the freshest sales report in the industry.

We will close with this standard caution. These are not average selling
prices - these are top selling domains. One of the
biggest impediments to making sales is pricing domains at
unrealistic levels. For most of us, pricing domains at the levels
achieved on the Top Ten chart will leave us waiting a long time to make a sale! We hope you will
use the information presented here as a measuring stick that will
help you price your domains at levels that will put more money in
your pocket more often!

Editor's Note: If you wish to review previous Domain
Sales columns, they are available in our Archive.

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